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Refuting false information appreciated! ------------------------------------------------- NucNews August 5 1999 Index NucNews-1 8/05/99 - Actions-Stonewalkers; Japan; Vanunu; Y2K NucNews-2 8/05/99 - Treaties - CTBT; US-Russia; Spain Protests Nuc Storage; Kazakh Uranium Smugglers NucNews-3 8/05/99 - Mideast - Saudi/Pakistan; Syria/Israel; Turkey; Iraq NucNews-4 8/05/99 - Korea - Japan NucNews-5 8/05/99 - China / Taiwan NucNews-6 8/05/99 - Europe--NATO NucNews-7 8/05/99 - Military; Terrorism; Colombia NucNews-8 8/05/99 - US- KY-Piketon; NY-NineMile1; OR-Trojan; MA-Pilgrim - VT Yankee / Entergy NucNews-9 8/05/99 - Energy Dept./Labs; Los Alamos Conversion NucNews-10 8/05/99 - NucBiz - Solar; Satellites; INBIS NucNews-11 8/05/99 - NucBiz-2 Nuc Medicine ---(1) Casting Their Stone for Peace Walkers Hoping To Leave Token At Arlington By Linda Wheeler Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday August 5 1999; Page B01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/05/243l-080599-idx.html Panel Urges Nuke Danger Reversal By Edith M. Lederer Associated Press Writer Wednesday August 4 1999; 11:52 p.m. EDT http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990804/V000647-080499-idx.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The nuclear powers especially the United States must take the lead to reverse the growing nuclear dangers that threaten international stability in the 21st century a panel of nuclear experts said in a report Wednesday.... SENATOR ASKS PRESIDENT TO INTERCEDE FOR WHISTLE BLOWER U.S. CAMPAIGN TO FREE MORDECHAI VANUNU 2206 Fox Avenue Madison WI 53711 Phone/Fax 608-257-4764 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Tim Rieger [301] 585-6053 or Sam Day [608] 257-4764 Washington July 29--U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone [D-MN] has joined 36 members of Congress in asking President Bill Clinton to intercede with Israel on behalf of a former nuclear technician imprisoned since 1986 for blowing the whistle on Israel'snuclear weapons program.... Y2K Citizens' concert Aug 6 No-more Hiroshima Nagasaki Chernobyl from 1:30-3;30 Demonstration from 4pm in Ginza Avenue at Hibiya Park Small outside Arena(it is like Central Park of NY) by World Atomic Safety Holiday Campaign (WASH) Contact Yumi Kikuchi 81-470-97-1422 or 81-470-97-1011 -- Daily News Russian Nuclear Y2K Threat By David McGuire Newsbytes July 30 1999 http://currents.net/newstoday/99/07/30/news1.html Y2K-related computer glitches could cause nuclear early warning defense systemsto go haywire generating false information about nuclear attacks according to a pair of US senators Christopher Dodd D-Conn. and Robert Bennett R-Utah... -- France disowns own diplomat on Ukraine Y2K risk 12:53 p.m. Aug 04 1999 Eastern http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires PARIS Aug 4 (Reuters) - France on Wednesday dismissed a warning by one of its own diplomats in Kiev about the hazards posed by the millennium bug in Ukraine where the world's worst nuclear disaster occurred at Chernobyl in 1986. -- 30 U.S. Nuclear Plants Still Need Y2K Fix - Agency By Tom Doggett August 5 1:29 AM ET http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/tc/story.html?s=v/nm/19990805/tc/yk_nuc lear_2.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that 30 nuclear power plants still needed to upgrade their computers to be immune from the so-called millennium bug but described remaining problems as not serious.... -- Nuclear Plants' Y2K Repairs Delayed Late Preparations at Six Sites Don't Involve Safety Systems NRC Says By Stephen Barr Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday August 5 1999; Page E03 http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/05/203l-080599-idx.html Six of the nation's nuclear power plants will not finish their year 2000 computer repairs until just weeks before the year ends but none of the systems they need to fix involve safety.... -- Electric Industry Set on Y2K Bug By H. Josef Hebert Associated Press Writer Tuesday August 3 1999; 6:20 p.m. EDT http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990803/V000471-080399-idx.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- The electric utility industry told the government Tuesday it isprepared to deal with any Y2K computer problems but federal officials reacted cautiously -- and promised spot checks of power plants in the months to come.... -- Power Industry Says It Isn't Y2K-Worried Grid Will Meet Demand Group Reports By Peter Behr Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday August 4 1999; Page E03 http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/04/176l-080499-idx.html The nation's electric power industry said yesterday that it has fixed year 2000 computer problems in 99 percent of critical generating systems and that the plants already fixed could supply enough power to meet expected electricity demand in North America when the new year begins.... --- (2) Today in History By The Associated Press August 5 1999 http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990804/V000500-080499-idx.html On this date: ... In 1963 the United States Britain and the Soviet Union signed a treaty in Moscow banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere in space and under water. Kissinger on Test Ban Treaties Wednesday August 4 1999; Page A20 http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/04/049l-080499-idx.html Based on a July 25 editorial . . . And a Captive Treaty, The Post's readers may have the impression that during my May 26 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee I endorsed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). When I was asked about the treaty I endorsed as The Post's editorial correctly pointed out its possible utility in inhibiting nuclear proliferation. But I withheld my final opinion because I was not prepared to discuss all its nuances at a hearing thatwas on a different subject.... Three in Four North Carolina Voters Want Nuclear Test Ban Treaty To: National Desk Defense Reporter Contact: Collins Kilburn 919-828-6501 or Adam Eidinger 202-547-3577 http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0803-107.htm RALEIGH N.C. Aug. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- According to a new statewide public opinion survey North Carolina voters strongly support Senate approval of a treaty banning all nuclear weapons test explosions known as the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).... For further details on the survey results and the Comprehensive Test Ban see the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers' Web site at http://www.crnd.org. Mrs. Kennedy Said Wrote KGB Leaders By John Solomon Associated Press Writer Wednesday August 4 1999; 3:44 a.m. EDT http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990804/V000840-080499-idx.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just days after her husband's assassination Jacqueline Kennedy made private pleas to Soviet leaders to maintain peaceful U.S. relations while then-Secretary of State Dean Rusk conducted his own diplomatic efforts long-secret Russian documents show.... U.S. Undercuts Arms Control Efforts Global Panel Finds By BARBARA CROSSETTE August 4 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/global/080499arms-control.html UNITED NATIONS -- The failure of the United States and other nuclear powers to ratify an international treaty that bans nuclear testing while they have weakened pacts against other weapons of mass destruction undercuts decades of arms control and is making the world much less safe says a report by nuclear arms experts commissioned by Japan.... -- Report: N-powers threaten arms control Updated 4:54 AM ET August 4 1999 http://webcrawler-news.excite.com/news/u/990804/04/news-nukereport NEW YORK Aug. 4 (UPI) A new report says the United States and other nuclear powers have undercut decades of global arms control efforts by failing to ratify an international treaty that bans nuclear testing.... U.S. Russia security chiefs discuss ties 03:27 p.m Aug 04 1999 Eastern http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires MOSCOW Aug 4 (Reuters) - The security chiefs of Russia and the United States ... Vladimir Putin secretary of Russia's advisory Security Council and U.S. President Bill Clinton's National Security Adviser Samuel Berger spoke on a special ``hot line'' phone set up in their offices. Interfax news agency said Putin tried to reassure Berger about Russia's commitment to halting the international proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.... Spanish ecologists to protest about nuclear dump 09:54 a.m. Aug 04 1999 Eastern http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires MADRID Aug 4 (Reuters) - A Spanish environmental group said on Wednesday it would take legal action against a government decision to approve construction of a nuclear waste storage facility northeast of Madrid. Ecologistas en Accion opposes the plan to build the facility next to a nuclear power station near Guadalajara due to be shut down in late 2002 or early 2003.... Three Arrested In Almaty For Selling Enriched Uranium MOSCOW Aug 3 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=82999 Three people have been arrested in the Kazakh capital Almaty for trying to sell five kilograms (12 pounds) of enriched uranium the Itar-Tass news agency reported Monday.... Permanent War Crimes Court Sought By The Associated Press August 5 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-UN-International-Court.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United States has held talks with more than 40 nations in the past 10 days to find a way to enable Washington to sign a treaty that would create a permanent international war crimes tribunal.... --- (3) Saudi Arabia denies nuclear link with Pakistan 02:53 a.m. Aug 05 1999 Eastern http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires RIYADH Aug 5 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has denied reports it is seeking to acquire nuclear weapons from Pakistan following a visit by the kingdom's defence minister to Pakistan's nuclear facilities a newspaper said on Thursday. -- Saudis linked to nuclear weapons August 5 1999 The Age (Australia) http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990805/news/news21.html By RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR and IAN BLACK LONDON WEDNESDAY -- Saudi Arabia appears to be seeking nuclear weapons in a devastating blow for non-proliferation efforts in one of the most heavily-armed regions in the world it emerged last night.... -- West concerned at Saudi-Pakistan nuclear link August 3 1999 Web posted at: 6:11 PM EDT (2211 GMT) http://cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9908/03/BC-ARMS-PAKISTAN-SAUDI.reut/index.html LONDON (Reuters) -- Western governments are concerned that Saudi Arabia may be seeking to acquire a nuclear weapons capability after its defense minister visited Pakistan's secret nuclear facilities a senior British official said on Tuesday.... Syria says Barak Moscow trip not devoted to peace 01:35 p.m Aug 03 1999 Eastern By Issam Hamza http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires DAMASCUS Aug 3 (Reuters) - Syria's state-run radio said on Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's visit to Moscow was not aimed at furthering the Middle East peace process but at persuading Russia to stop selling weapons to Damascus and Iran. Kurd Rebels Agree To Leave Turkey By The Associated Press August 5 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-Turkey-Ocalan.html ANKARA Turkey (AP) -- Kurdish rebels agreed today to heed the call of their imprisoned leader to lay down their arms and withdraw to bases outside Turkey a dramatic step in their 15-year-old-war. Iraq vows to step up no-fly challenge USA Today August 5 1999 http://usatoday.com/news/world/nw1.htm BAGHDAD Iraq - Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan warned Wednesday that Iraq will intensify its challenges to U.S. and British planes patrolling no-fly zones.... -- Iraq General Vows 'Hill Of Fire' For West's Planes Updated 12:51 AM ET August 5 1999 By Hassan Hafidh http://webcrawler-news.excite.com/news/r/990805/00/international-iraq-zones BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi air defenses will soon be upgraded to prevent Western aircraft patrolling no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq a senior army commander was quoted as saying Wednesday.... --- (4) North Korea's Dangerous Missiles August 5 1999 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/editorial/05thu1.html -- Koreas Meet In Shadow Of Missile Crisis Updated 6:59 AM ET August 5 1999 By Elif Kaban http://webcrawler- news.excite.com/news/r/990805/06/international-korea-talks GENEVA (Reuters) - China urged North and South Korea to keep up the momentum in four-party peace talks which reconvened in Geneva Thursday amid rising Korean peninsula tension over Pyongyang's threat to test-fire a missile.... -- U.S. prepared for N. Korea missile test By Steven Komarow USA TODAY 8/05/99- Updated 12:08 AM ET http://usatoday.com/news/world/nwswed05.htm WASHINGTON - Hopes are fading of preventing the test launch of a North Korean missile and the Pentagon is preparing to monitor the test to learn as much as possible about the potentialthreat.... -- Pentagon considers radar for N. Korea By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES August 5 1999 http://www.washtimes.com/internatl/internatl1.html The Pentagon is considering a request from the U.S. Space Command to deploy a new missile defense radar in Japan to monitor North Korea's upcoming missile test The Washington Times has learned.... -- N.Korea says Japan is real threat in Asia 10:50 p.m. Aug 04 1999 Eastern http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires TOKYO Aug 5 (Reuters) - North Korea under pressure from Washington Tokyo and Seoul not to test-fire its latest long-range missile says the real threat to Asian stability is Japan's desire to become a military power again. --- Tokyo and Seoul Unite to Confront North Korea Arms By HOWARD W. FRENCH August 4 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/080499korea-missile.html TOKYO -- North Korea's preparations to test a new long-range missile this month have led to a dramatic change of course in military planning and diplomacy for Japan and South Korea. -- Military Exercise for Japan SKorea By The Associated Press August 4 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-Koreas-Japan-Military.html SEOUL South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has denounced as ``aggressive and criminal'' a joint military exercise between Japan and South Korea viewed as a counter to the North's plan to test-fire a missile.... -- FOCUS-Japanese jittery on war don't want to fight 01:08 a.m. Aug 04 1999 Eastern By Linda Sieg http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires TOKYO Aug 4 (Reuters) - Japanese jitters about a military threat are rising after five decades of peace but less than half the men of fighting age are willing to take up arms in battle.... --- (5) China Commemorates Its Atomic Bomb Tuesday August 3 1999; 9:22 p.m. EDT http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990803/V000610-080399-idx.html http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-China-A-Bomb-Movie.html BEIJING (AP) -- China plans to mark 50 years of Communist Party rule with a $1.8 million feature film about how it built its first atomic weapon without foreign help state media said Tuesday.... -- China Bans U.S. Military Plane From Hong Kong Updated 4:49 AM ET August 4 1999 http://webcrawler-news.excite.com/news/r/990804/04/international-china-usa HONG KONG (Reuters) - China has refused to let a U.S. military plane on a routine flight land in Hong Kong despite apparently lifting a ban on such stopovers last week a U.S. Consulate spokeswoman said Wednesday.... -- Taipei Sees No Threat From China Jet Sorties Updated 5:13 AM ET August 5 1999 http://webcrawler-news.excite.com/news/r/990805/05/news-taiwan-china TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taipei said Thursday a slight increase of fighter jet sorties over the Taiwan strait by rival China posed no immediate threat but that any intrusion would meet with a military response. -- Helms' China policy - Embassy Row By James Morrison THE WASHINGTON TIMES August 4 1999 http://www.washtimes.com/internatl/embassy.html Jesse Helms has never kowtowed to Beijing. The powerful chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee still denounces the "Red China communist dictators leaving no doubt that the People's Republic of China is not his most favored nation.... -- U.S. on Tightrope Over China-Taiwan By The Associated Press, August 4, 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-Taiwan-Politics.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- In 1996, after China fired missiles and launched provocative war games in the Taiwan Strait, the United States sent two aircraft carriers and other warships steaming to the region.... -- Taiwan Pledges Restraint By The Associated Press, August 4, 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-Taiwan-China.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan's armed forces will be tough but restrained amid increased Chinese and Taiwanese military activity over the strait that divides the two rivals, Taiwan's defense minister said today.... -- Taiwan Soothes China Fears, Market By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press Writer Tuesday, August 3, 1999; 3:09 p.m. EDT http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990803/V000252-080399-idx.html -- Beijing Warns of a 'Calamity' for Taiwan U.S. Mission Failed To Ease Tensions, Diplomats Say By John Pomfret Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, August 4, 1999; Page A17 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/04/107l-080499-idx.html BEIJING, Aug. 3--The Chinese government launched another broadside against Taiwan today, warning that the self-governing island faces calamity" because of President Lee Teng-hui's pronouncements on Taiwan's political status.... --- (6) Briton Is Approved As Chief Of NATO Robertson Favors A Strong Europe By T.R. Reid Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday August 5 1999; Page A15 http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/05/146l-080599-idx.html LONDON Aug. 4British Defense Minister George Robertson a strong advocate of the view that Western Europe should take more responsibility for its own defense was chosen today to be the new secretary general of NATO.... -- Robertson -- policeman's son rises to NATO chief 10:05 a.m. Aug 04 1999 Eastern By Paul Majendie http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires ... Ironically the man who was to head Britain's armed forces pioneered the campaign to ban large-calibre pistols in Britain after a teacher and 16 children were massacred in his hometown of Dunblane. After two decades in the political wilderness Labour swept to power in May 1997. Robertson won the defence portfolio and promptly embarked on a major shake-up of the armed forces. The Strategic Defence Review reshaping Britain's military so that it can deploy fast and effectively to global flashpoints was such a success that European allies are now copying it.... -- Robertson Says NATO Must Beef Up European Power Updated 12:49 AM ET August 5 1999 By Dominic Evans http://webcrawler-news.excite.com/news/r/990805/00/international-nato-leader LONDON (Reuters) - NATO's new chief George Robertson said Wednesday the 19-nation alliance faced huge challenges in beefing up Europe's military power and strengthening relations with Russia.... --- (7) House Votes to Cut $2 Billion From Clinton Foreign Aid Plan By TIM WEINER August 4 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/global/080499aid-congress.html WASHINGTON -- A $12.6 billion foreign aid bill was passed by the House on Tuesday but faces a White House veto threat over its deep spending cuts and anti-abortion language.... World said awash in small arms and light weapons 02:43 p.m Aug 04 1999 Eastern By Anthony Goodman http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires UNITED NATIONS Aug 4 (Reuters) - The world is awash in more than 500 million small arms and light weapons the weapons of choice in many contemporary conflicts a U.N. report said on Wednesday. The F-22 Plan Can Fly Thursday August 5 1999; Page A22 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/05/110l-080599-idx.html ... Rep. Lewis and Rep. Murtha should stop attacking the F-22 program and request an Air Force review of its role in the Joint Strike Fighter. DAVID AKERS Marietta Ga. The writer is a senior engineer specialist at Lockheed Martin. Anthrax shots come under GOP fire By Audrey Hudson THE WASHINGTON TIMES August 4 1999 http://www.washtimes.com/nation/nation2.html House Republicans want the Defense Department to eliminate mandatory anthrax vaccines until long-term health studies on potential harmful side effects can be done.... - U.S. Says Vaccine Benefits Still Outweigh Risks Updated 7:38 PM ET August 3 1999 http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Benefits of childhood vaccines still far outweigh the risks despite some rare injuries from the shots U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher told Congress Tuesday . Statistics Show Terrorism Declining By The Associated Press Thursday August 5 1999; 2:53 a.m. EDT http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990805/V000770-080599-idx.html The heightened U.S. concern over terrorism and the intense drive to fortify American missions in the wake of recent threats comes at a time when statistics indicate terrorism in general and state-sponsored terrorism in particular is on the decline.... Colombia Unveils Navy River Warfare Unit Updated 12:52 AM ET August 5 1999 http://webcrawler-news.excite.com/news/r/990805/00/international-arms-colombia PUERTO LEGUIZAMO Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia launched a new elite Navy unit Wednesday that will use high-speed gunboats to fight drug traffickers and Marxist guerrillas along the country's extensive river networks.... --- (8) Piketon waste a disposal headache State and federal officials want to stabilize thousands of tons of depleted uranium. Tuesday August 03 1999 By Mike Lafferty Columbus (OH) Dispatch Staff Reporter http://www.dispatch.com/pan/localarchive/depletnws.html The U.S. Department of Energy wants ideas about how more than 700 000 tons of depleted uranium being stored at atomic fuel plants in Ohio and Kentucky can be converted into more stable environmentally friendly forms.... NY Nine Mile 1 nuke restart still set for mid-week August 3 1:58 pm Eastern Time http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/990803/0u.html NEW YORK Aug 3 (Reuters) - Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (NIMO) (NYSE:NMK - news) said Tuesday it still hopes to restart its 614-megawatt (MW) Nine Mile Point 1 nuclear unit in New York by the middle of the week.... Park Offered By Utility Wednesday August 4 5:48 PM ET Yahoo Oregon Headlines http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/local/state/oregon/story.html?s=v/rs/19 990804/or/index_3.html#5 (RANIER) -- Portland General Electric is offering 500 acres on the site of the former Trojan plant to the state as a recreation area. But there's a potential problem with the site that may concern some who would use the park... it's next to a high-level nuclear waste storage facility. P-G-E wants to retain about 134 acres of the Trojan site to store radioactive waste. -- A new chapter opens for Trojan The reactor's departure is a symbol of the legacy of nuclear power and opposition to it in Oregon Wednesday August 4 1999 By Brent Hunsberger of The Oregonian staff http://www.oregonlive.com/news/99/08/st080401.html Talk about it in Townsquare http://www.oregonlive.com/forums/townsquare/ RAINIER -- The legacy that is Trojan the largest U.S. nuclear power plant ever decommissioned has come to this: Its heart a blue reactor compartment that for 16 years generated -- in fits and starts -- enough electricity to supply the city ofPortland is about to be barged up the Columbia River to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. There it will be ceremoniously buried in a 45-foot-deep trench andcapped with soil and 6 inches of gravel.... MAXIMO(R) Selected by Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station First Deregulated U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Implements MAXIMO As Key Component to 'Worldclass Performer Initiative' August 4 2:30 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: PSDI http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/990804/ma_psdi_ma_1.html BEDFORD Mass. Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- PSDI (Nasdaq: PSDI - news) a leading provider of enterprise asset maintenance (EAM) systems and MRO e-Commerce systems announced today that Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has selected MAXIMO as its Materials Management Data system. Pilgrim Station is a 670-megawatt generating plant located on Cape Cod Bay in Plymouth Massachusetts.... PSDI Home Page at http://www.psdi.com. Entergy Nuclear Entergy Nuclear is a non-regulated subsidiary of Entergy Corporation a New Orleans-based global energy company that distributes energy to 2.5 million customers. Entergy Nuclear is managing decommissioning activities at the Maine Yankee nuclear plant in Wiscasset Maine and the Millstone 1 nuclear plant in Waterford Conn. SOURCE: PSDI http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=psdi&d=t -- Entergy opens bidding war for New England nukes http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/990803/bex.html NEW YORK Aug 3 1999 (Reuters) - Entergy Nuclear opened a bidding war with AmerGen Energy Co. for New England's nuclear power plants with an unsolicited ``expression of interest'' to buy the Vermont Yankee nuclear power station. --- (9) Clinton Nominates Itkin to Energy Department Post U.S. Newswire 4 Aug 16:21 To: National Desk Contact: White House Press Office 202-456-2100 http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0804-122.htm WASHINGTON Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The President today announced the nomination of Ivan Itkin as Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management at the Department of Energy.... China Spy Case Takes Aim at the Wrong Issue Espionage: Beijing's capability is so primitive that giving it better bombs might make it feel less trigger-happy. By ROBERT SCHEER August 3 1999 Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/excite/990803/t000068944.html The "Chinaman" did it. The diabolical Asian has long been a staple of American racism and it's not surprising that the folks attempting to whip up a new red espionage scare would focus on Wen Ho Lee.... -- Richardson Calls Lee's Claims 'bunk By H. Josef Hebert Associated Press Writer Tuesday August 3 1999; 4:47 p.m. EDT http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990803/V000357-080399-idx.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- Energy Secretary Bill Richardson on Tuesday characterized as ``pure bunk'' claims by a fired Los Alamos scientist that top-secret codes were routinely shifted from a highly secured computer system to an unsecured system at the nuclear weapons laboratory.... Studying the Ebb and Flow of Stop-and-Go Los Alamos Lab Using Cold War Tools to Scrutinize Traffic Patterns By Alan Sipress Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday August 5 1999; Page A01 http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/05/179l-080599-idx.html LOS ALAMOS N.M. ... Los Alamos National Laboratory better known as the birthplace of the atom bomb and home of the world's fastest supercomputer has turned the covert tools of the Cold War to the hot-under-the-collar war waged by commuters.... --- (10) [Good idea!] Where Some See Rusting Factories Government Sees a Source of Solar Energy By MATTHEW WALD August 4 1999 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/science/sci-solar-energy.html WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department has a new idea for what to do with derelict polluted urban industrial properties that no one wants to pay to clean up: cover them with solar panels. The Energy Secretary Bill Richardson will unveil the first step in a project to use solar panels at polluted sites to make much-needed electricity without disturbing buried contaminants on Wednesday in Chicago.... Satellite Makers Lose Money Overseas By Michael White AP Business Writer Tuesday August 3 1999; 4:36 p.m. EDT http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990803/V000345-080399-idx.html LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a quiet section of an otherwise busy Hughes Electronics Corp. assembly plant a satellite intended to link cellular phone systems across Asia sits unfinished a casualty of deteriorating relations between the United States and China. The project has meant a $450 million loss for Hughes -- the lion's share of an estimated $500 million that tighter scrutiny of technology exports has cost U.S. satellite makers.... -- Despite Its Promise Satellite Industry Grapples With Myriad Woes By ANDREW POLLACK August 4 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/080499space-biz.html LOS ANGELES -- The promise of the space business was shown recently when Hughes Electronics announced a $1.5 billion investment from America Online to deliver Internet service via satellite. The pitfalls of the space business were seen the same day when Hughes disclosed much more quietly problems in manufacturing satellites that would cause it to write off $125 million and take a big quarterly loss.... Integrated Chipware and INBIS Technology Ltd. Announce Partnership and Distribution Agreement 07:55 a.m. Aug 03 1999 Eastern RESTON Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE) http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires ... About INBIS Technology INBIS Technology Ltd. is part of INBIS Group plc which was formed in early 1997 as a result of a management buy-out of the aerospace and nuclear interests of the Ricardo group. INBIS has a staff of over 850 worldwide supplemented by specialist consultants and joint venture partners. INBIS provides consultancy project management and engineering design services in diverse fields of advanced engineering to the aerospace gas turbine nuclear and manufacturing automation industries. In addition INBIS places experienced engineers into project teams working at client premises around the world. --- (11) [Does anyone know the story of why Union Carbide stopped running nuclear labs in Tennesee and Kentucky in 1984?] Dow Chemical to Buy Union Carbide By Justin Hyde Associated Press Writer Wednesday August 4 1999; 11:05 a.m. EDT http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990804/V000045-080499-idx.html DETROIT (AP) -- The Dow Chemical Co. is buying Union Carbide Corp. for $9.3 billion in stock creating the world's second-largest chemical company behind DuPont.... Union Carbide based in Danbury Conn. was born in a merger of several companies in 1917 as the Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. Over the years itdeveloped Prestone antifreeze Glad plastic bags and Eveready batteries brands it later sold to other manufacturers. From the 1940s to 1984 it ran the U.S. government's nuclear laboratories in Tennessee and Kentucky.... -- Union Carbide Dow - images of Bhopal Vietnam War 03:19 p.m Aug 04 1999 Eastern By Steve James http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires NEW YORK Aug 4 (Reuters) - One was a target of anti-war protesters during the Vietnam War the other held responsible for the world's worst industrial accident in Bhopal India.... Dow made component chemicals for the controversial defoliant Agent Orange used by U.S. troops in Vietnam and it became a symbol of the ``military-industrial complex.'' Between 1962 and 1971 the United States dumped over 19 million gallons of defoliant over 4.5 million acres of Vietnam to make it harder for the Viet Cong guerrillas to hide. In 1969 scientists found a primary chemical in Agent Orange could cause birth defects in animals. In 1984 Dow andthe other chemical companies that produced Agent Orange and other defoliants paid $180 million to settle a class action suit brought by U.S. veterans who charged their health was damaged by exposure to the defoliants..... Lung Cancer Product Diatide's NeoTect Gets FDA Approval; Diatide and Nycomed Amersham Imaging Prepare for Market Launch 07:34 a.m. Aug 04 1999 Eastern http://www.dogpile.com - infoseek newswires http://www.diatide.com. LONDONDERRY N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4 1999--Diatide Inc. (Nasdaq:DITI) today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market NeoTect(tm) for the imaging of suspected malignant tumors in the lung. NeoTect is a novel peptide-based imaging agent intended to help physicians distinguish between benign and malignant lung masses. There are an estimated 170 000 new cases of lung cancer in the U.S. each year.... -- Gov't Approves New Cancer Drug Test Thursday August 5 1999; 4:34 a.m. EDT http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990805/V000815-080599-idx.html ... Many types of lung cancer produce a protein called somatostatin. NeoTect is injected into the arm and travels to the lungs where it detects somatostatin by latching onto somatostatin ``receptors '' or docking points on cancer cells. NeoTect carries a radioactive label that lights up the cancer under a common nuclear-medicine camera. _____________________________ A fast way to keep up to date: Subscribe to NucNews !! To subscribe: prop1@prop1.org Say "Subscribe NucNews" URL's DON'T WORK? Do word search at NucNews Archives! (Tomorrow's archival posting is today's NucNews at Archive: http://www.onelist.com/arcindex.cgi?listname=nucnews) [New... 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